Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem/Historical Note

Historical Note on Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem

The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem was proved in $1963$ by Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore Manuel Singer.

It is a generalization of the Riemann-Roch Theorem which applies to functions of several variables.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Riemann-Roch theorem
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Riemann-Roch theorem